Privacy

Confidentiality and Privacy.

Last updated May 2018

Acceptance of Terms

By visiting this Website, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the accompanying Terms of Service, both of which govern your use of the Website. By providing us information offline, you are also agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using our Programs, Products and Services, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy provision.
By using our Programs, Products and Services, you understand and agree that we are providing a platform for you to post content, including photos, comments, images and other communications (“Content”) for use with our Programs, Products and Services and other users. You understand and agree that other users may search for, see, use, comment on or share your Content that you make publicly viewable through the Programs, Products and Services, consistent with these Terms of Use.

Sharing of Information by Us.

All information collected by us will be held in confidentiality and will not be rented, sold, or disclosed to third parties without your consent, except that we may disclose personal information: (1) pursuant to these Terms of Use, (2) if we are required to do so by law in any jurisdiction consistent with internationally recognized standards, (3) in the good-faith belief that disclosure is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law, (4) to comply with legal process served on us, our partners, sponsors, investors, or affiliates such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order for as long as required pursuant to the request, (5) to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users, (6) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety of our users or the public, including but not limited to detecting, preventing, investigating or addressing fraud, imminent bodily harm or other potentially illegal activity or violations of our terms and policies, (7) to other affiliates, advertisers, marketing partners or service providers who help to provide, understand, complement, and improve our Programs, Products and Services or targeted advertisements provided that they respect, honor and comply with the privacy preferences you have indicated as shown in your user account. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. Should our Company or assets be otherwise sold or transferred to a third party, in whole or in part, through such transaction including but not limited to a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation, your identifying information and Content may be sold and transferred as a result, but you will retain ownership to your Content and the buyer or transferee will be legally obligated to honor the commitments and terms we have set forth in our Terms of Use until future notice of any changes.

Sharing of Information by You.

Any information that you voluntarily disclose, post or share through our Programs, Products and Services, including but not limited to your profile, account, communications, Content or any information otherwise related to you (“Your Information”), becomes available to other users inside the application. You agree and understand that once you have shared Your Information and made it public that it may be searched and re-shared by other users and we are not in any way liable or responsible for your sharing of such information. You also recognize that if you remove Your Information, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Programs, Products and Services or if other users or third parties have copied or saved such information and you consent to such use and/or storage.

The Information We Collect

In the course of operating the Websites and/or interacting with you, we will collect (and/or receive) the following types of information:

Personal Information.

When you sign up to receive any of our newsletters, respond to a survey, register for a class, or purchase any product or service, you may be required to provide us with personal information about yourself, such as your name, address, email address, and phone number. We do not collect any personal information from Visitors when they use the Websites unless they provide such information voluntarily, such as by registering or sending us an email or signing up for a newsletter. All information we collect and/or receive under this section is collectively called “Personal Information.”

Order Information.

When you place an Order, you must provide us with certain information about the products and services you are seeking to purchase. Such information is collectively called the “Order Information.”

Billing Information.

When you wish to purchase a product, program or service, you will be required to provide certain information in addition to the Personal Information and Order Information noted above. Such information may include a debit card number, credit card number, expiration date, billing address, activation codes, and similar information. Such information is collectively called the “Billing Information.” Although we will have access to the Billing Information, it will also be collected and processed by our third-party payment vendors pursuant to the terms and conditions of their privacy policies and terms of use.

Other Information.

In addition to the information noted above, we may collect additional information (collectively, the “Other Information”). Such Other Information may include:

Cookies.

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular website. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Like most companies, we use traffic log cookies and similar tools such as pixels, web beacons, and local storage to identify what information is being used and accessed by our users. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to our users. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with better services, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
We may invite advertisers or other partners to serve ads or services to you which may use cookies or similar tools placed by us or the third party.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer, but it may prevent you from taking full advantage of our Programs, Products and Services.

Analytics.

We use third party analytics and tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for our Programs, Products and Services. These tools collect information sent by your device or our Programs, Products and Services, including the website pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving our Programs, Products and Services. We collect and use this analytics information in the aggregate with analytics information from other users so that we cannot reasonably determine the identity of any particular individual user.

Log File Information.

Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you make a request to access or visit a website page or application, and can be provided when the content of the webpage or app is downloaded to your browser or mobile device. We collect log file information to provide more accurate reporting and improvements to our Programs, Products and Services. When you use our Programs, Products and Services, our servers automatically record certain log file information, including your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Programs, Products and Services, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and similar information. We may also collect similar information from emails sent to our users which help us track user behavior patterns related to our Programs, Products and Services.

Mobile Device Identifiers.

To gather information about your browser patterns and how you use the Programs, Products and Services, we use mobile device identifiers to help generate reports. When you use a mobile device like a laptop, tablet or phone to access our Program, Product, or Service, we may access, collect, monitor, store on your device, and/or remotely store one or more device identifiers which are small data files or structures stored on or associated with your mobile device, which uniquely identify your mobile device. A device identifier may be data stored in connection with the device hardware, data stored in connection with the device’s operating system or other software, or data sent to the device by us. Some features of our Programs, Products and Services may not function properly if the use or availability of the mobile device identifiers is impaired or disabled.

Confidential Information.

To use our Programs, Products, Services or Program Materials, we may seek personal data or information including your name, e-mail address, phone number, street address, billing information, birthday, preferences, interests, assignments, or other personally-identifying information (“Confidential Information”), or you may offer or provide a comment, photo, image, video or any other submission to us when using or participating in our Programs, Products, Services or Program Materials (“Other Information”). By providing such Confidential Information or Other Information to us, you grant us permission to use and store such information. We, in turn, will use our best efforts to keep your Confidential Information safe, secure and confidential in accordance with these Terms of Use and our full Privacy Policy which may be found on our Website. If you believe that any of your Confidential Information is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any Confidential Information found to be incorrect.

What We Do With Confidential Information.

We request and require various personal data and/or Confidential Information to understand your needs and provide you with better services. In addition, we may use such data and Confidential Information for the following reasons: (1) to use for internal record keeping to monitor demographic patterns, traffic patterns, and the quantity of users, (2) to help you quickly and easily access your profile and Content after you sign into your account, (3) to help you remember information so you will not have to re-enter it upon subsequent use of our Programs, Products and Services; (4) to test, monitor and determinate the effectiveness of our Programs, Products and Services, (5) to periodically send promotions about new Programs, Products and Services or other special offers from which you may unsubscribe at any time, (6) to gather information for aggregate, non-identifiable data for market research purposes, (7) to customize our Programs, Products and Services by providing personalized content and information to you and other users such as advertising or marketing, (8) to improve our Programs, Products and Services and develop and test new features, (9) to diagnose or repair technology issues, (10) to provide automatic updates to the application on your mobile device, and (11) for support or communication related to your Programs, Products, and Services.

If you are outside the European Union and opt to receive any free resources, participate in any free training programs, register for a webinar, register for a live event, register for a seminar, or purchase any products sold by the Company on this Website, we will automatically enroll ​you to receive our free email newsletter. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe anytime. We include an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email we send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, you can send an email to support@mariaestela.com requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.

If you are in the European Union and opt to receive any free resources, participate in any free training programs, register for a webinar, register for a live event, register for a seminar, or purchase any products sold by the Company on this Website, we will only enroll ​you to receive our free email newsletter if you affirmatively consent to it. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe anytime. We include an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email we send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, you can send an email to support@mariaestela.com requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.

Storage.

All data and Confidential Information is stored through a data management system. This data and Confidential Information can only be accessed by those who help manage that information in order to deliver e-mail or otherwise contact those who would like to receive our correspondence. You agree and acknowledge that we, including but not limited to our team, staff and affiliates, and those who manage the data management system may have access to your Confidential Information. By registering to access and use our Programs, Products and Services, you agree and acknowledge that we and those who manage the data management system may have access to your personal, identifying information and we may transfer or share that information across borders from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions worldwide, including the United States and the European Union. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection, you consent to us transferring your data to other countries or regions which may or may not have the same data collection laws as the country in which you are located.

Passwords.

To use certain features of our Programs, Products, Services, or Program Materials, you may be issued a group username and password or a unique individual username and password, which you will receive through your registration and/or purchase process. You may be able to change to username and/or password of your choosing. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your password or account. You are not permitted to share your username and/or password with anyone. If we learn you have shared your username and/or password with another person, we reserve the right to immediately terminate your access to the Program, Product, Service, Program Materials, Website, private forum, Facebook group or any other related communication. It is your responsibility to protect your own password from disclosure to others. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your password or account information. You are responsible for activities that take place using your password(s) and within your account. If you share your password(s) with anyone, they may be able to obtain access to your personal information at your own risk. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. By using our Programs, Products and Services, you agree to enter true and accurate information as part of the registration, purchase process and otherwise. If you enter a false email address, we have the right to immediately inactivate your account. We will use our best efforts to keep your password(s) private and will not otherwise share your password(s) without your consent, except as necessary when the law requires it or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary, particularly when disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to others or interfering with our rights or property.

Confidentiality and Disclosure.

All Confidential Information will be held in confidentiality and will not be disclosed to third parties, except that we may disclose Confidential Information and personally identifiable information: (1) pursuant to this terms of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and our Disclaimer, (2) if we are required to do so by law, (3) in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the law, (4) to comply with any legal process served on either us or our partners, sponsors, investors, or affiliates, (5) to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or purchasers, and/or (6) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety of our users, purchasers, or the public. We will not sell, distribute or lease your Confidential Information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

POLICY CHANGES

Any changes to our privacy policy we as a policy will post on this page. If any material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information is made, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. You will find the last revision date for the privacy policy at the top and bottom of this page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

VISITORS’ GDPR RIGHTS

If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:
We will retain the any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) the Company decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.
You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.

You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.

You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.

To the extent that you provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

Contact us

If you have any questions about any term of this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@mariaestela.com.